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CookieYes is a cookie consent solution that helps your website achieve GDPR and CCPA compliance easily. Create a lifetime free account! - cookieyes.com

· 1 month ago

A safe buy for small businesses, WordPress sites, and agencies that need easy, affordable, Google-certified cookie consent. Avoid it if you need enterprise-grade consent governance or cannot tolerate analytics-blocking and performance side effects.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 30+ public sources (G2, Trustpilot, Reddit, competitor comparisons, security trackers). Exact paid-plan prices not confirmed in sources.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support quality
  • Security posture

Pricing

$0

Free

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
Basic / Pro / UltimatePer domain, pageview-capped; dollar prices not confirmed in sources

Best for

  • Small sites needing GDPR/CCPA banners
  • WordPress users
  • Agencies managing many client domains
  • Teams needing a Google-certified CMP

Not for

  • Enterprise consent and data-governance programs
  • High-traffic sites that fear pageview-cap billing
  • Anyone whose analytics can't survive consent blocking
  • Buyers needing precise cookie scanning

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Blocks GA4 until consent; some sites saw sharp analytics drops

medium

Billed per domain with pageview caps; traffic growth changes your bill

medium

Cookie scanner accuracy complaints appear in its own G2 reviews

medium

Firefox reportedly blocked CookieYes banners as of September 2026

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Rated 4.8/5 on G2 across 307 reviews
  • Lifetime free plan available
  • Google-certified consent management platform
  • Setup widely described as easy and intuitive
  • Proven at agency scale — 790 client sites

Cons

  • Consent gating reportedly killed one site's GA4 traffic
  • Performance overhead flagged by independent reviewers
  • G2 reviewers flag inaccurate cookie scanner results
  • Competitors position it as lacking enterprise depth

Sources & method

- 20 sources - WordPress plugin vulnerabilities reported by security trackers; vendor maintains a trust center.

official x3review x13security x3news x1
  • Input validation vulnerability in CookieYes plugin, An input validation vulnerability was reported in the CookieYes | GDPR Cookie Consent WordPress plugin.
  • Plugin vulnerabilities tracked by WPScan, WPScan lists security vulnerabilities affecting the CookieYes WordPress cookie banner plugin.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 4/5

    Rating

  • $0

    Starting price

  • 20

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 4/5. Called simpler and more affordable than Cookiebot
  • Ease of use: 5/5. Users describe setup as easy and intuitive
  • Feature depth: 3/5. Competitors call it a quick-fix banner tool
  • Support quality: 5/5. G2 users consistently praise customer support
  • Security posture: 3/5. Plugin vulnerabilities reported; trust center published
  • 4.8/5 G2 rating 307 reviews
  • 5/5 Trustpilot rating ~376 reviews
  • Yes Free tier Lifetime free plan
  • $4.1M Funding Raised April 2025

Pricing

Free

$0

  • Lifetime free consent banner
  • Basic GDPR/CCPA compliance

Basic / Pro / Ultimate

Per domain, pageview-capped; dollar prices not confirmed in sources

  • 4 paid plans per Capterra
  • Multi-domain management
  • Billed by pageviews

Security

WordPress plugin vulnerabilities reported by security trackers; vendor maintains a trust center.

  • Input validation vulnerability in CookieYes pluginAn input validation vulnerability was reported in the CookieYes | GDPR Cookie Consent WordPress plugin.17
  • Plugin vulnerabilities tracked by WPScanWPScan lists security vulnerabilities affecting the CookieYes WordPress cookie banner plugin.16

What users say

Users praise easy setup and responsive support, while complaints center on analytics blocking, scanner accuracy, and billing.

“Hi. CookieYes is very easy to set it up”
AppSumo review
“CookieYes is intuitive”
Trustpilot
“Cookie banner plugin (CookieYes) killed my GA4 traffic”
Reddit, r/Wordpress

Companies that use it

Companies that could

  • Up Blue Uses Cookiebot instead
Full analysis

Based on 30+ public sources (G2, Trustpilot, Reddit, competitor comparisons, security trackers). Exact paid-plan prices not confirmed in sources.

Easy, affordable, Google-certified cookie banner; loved by small sites, with pageview caps and analytics-blocking gripes.

Methodology

Based on 30+ public sources (G2, Trustpilot, Reddit, competitor comparisons, security trackers). Exact paid-plan prices not confirmed in sources.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. CookieYes Pricing & Planscookieyes.com
    official
  2. CookieYes Pageview Pricing docscookieyes.com
    official
  3. Generaxion 790-site case studycookieyes.com
    official
  4. CookieYes Limited G2 seller reviewsg2.com
    review
  5. Trustpilot reviews of CookieYestrustpilot.com
    review
  6. CookieYes reviews on AppSumoappsumo.com
    review
  7. Reddit: CookieYes killed my GA4 trafficreddit.com
    review
  8. Reddit: ComplianZ vs CookieYesreddit.com
    review
  9. CookieYes Pricing 2026 (Enzuzo)enzuzo.com
    review
  10. Cookiebot vs CookieYes (Enzuzo)enzuzo.com
    review
  11. Compare CookieYes vs Ketchketch.com
    review
  12. CookieYes Review 2026 (Consently)consently.net
    review
  13. CookieYes Review (BlogVault)blogvault.net
    review
  14. CookieYes Review (TermsFeed)termsfeed.com
    review
  15. CookieYes Pricing 2026 (Capterra)capterra.com
    review
  16. WPScan entries for CookieYes pluginwpscan.com
    security
  17. Input validation vulnerability in CookieYesreally-simple-ssl.com
    security
  18. Malwarebytes forum: CookieYes banner blockedforums.malwarebytes.com
    security
  19. CookieYes funding (CheckThat)checkthat.ai
    news
  20. Companies Using CookieYes in 2026technologychecker.io
    review

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